# Copy info out of angled brackets in a filename to a tag \[ \]
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-info-out-of-angled-brackets-in-a-filename-to-a-tag/49085
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [May 25, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-info-out-of-angled-brackets-in-a-filename-to-a-tag/49085 "2020-05-25T17:53:26Z")
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### Author:  [@brains](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brains)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-info-out-of-angled-brackets-in-a-filename-to-a-tag/49085/1 "2020-05-25T17:53:26Z")
Hi i have files named in the following format
[catalog #] artist - album
i tried doing guess values
"[%catalog #%] %artist% - %album%"
unfortuately it doesn't work i think because it thinks to brackets are programing characters?
I am trying to get Catalog # into the catalog # field please help.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-info-out-of-angled-brackets-in-a-filename-to-a-tag/49085/2 "2020-05-25T17:56:39Z")
Try
`'['%catalog #%']' %artist% - %album%`
(Test it with Convert\>Filename-Tag)
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### Author:  [@brains](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brains)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-info-out-of-angled-brackets-in-a-filename-to-a-tag/49085/3 "2020-05-25T18:15:14Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> '['%catalog #%']' %artist% - %album%
Doh my bad the data i wanted was actually in a folder name which is why it wasn't working. I didn't actually need the quotes in the end, i copied tag to tag, replaced the bits of path i didn;t need with blank then could do guess values with [%catalog #%]
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-info-out-of-angled-brackets-in-a-filename-to-a-tag/49085/4 "2020-05-25T18:16:28Z")
you can get data from the folder with e.g.
`[catalog#]%dummy%\%dummy%`
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### Author:  [@brains](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brains)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-info-out-of-angled-brackets-in-a-filename-to-a-tag/49085/5 "2020-05-25T18:59:25Z")
ah you are a life saver. that works beautifully. didn't know you could do %dummy% in the bits where there is some text you don't need there